At 11.30 left Florence, ― admirable Hotel! ―― & at 12.20 by Prato, Pistoia & Pescie, to Lucca ― by 3. All these places are rich & pretty, but monotonous & over-sugary. ―

Hotel de l’Universo: ― & dined.

At 5 with G. to various churches & round the ramparts ― but there is nothing to draw. It is ˇ[a] wearily dull little “cathedral town.” The Carrara Mountains are grand ― but will not come in with the towers & trees.